Anau

Anau is a city in . Until 20 December 2022, it was the capital of Ahal Province. The area has been inhabited since around 5500 BC. Prehistoric sites in Anau were discovered in excavations were conducted by Raphael Pumpelly and William Morris Davis in 1904.
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  • Type: City with 28,700 residents
  • Description: city in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan
  • Also known as: “AEnew”, “Anau, Turkmenistan”, “Anaw”, “Anev”, “Anew”, “Änew”, “Änew şäherçesi”, “Ännaw”, “Enev”, “Enew”, and “مدينه أناو”
  • Postal code: 745205

Places of Interest

Highlights: Seyit Jemaletdin Mosque.

Ruins
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is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gämi.

Village
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is a located in , Ahal Province, .

Anau

Latitude
37.8963° or 37° 53′ 47″ north
Longitude
58.5042° or 58° 30′ 15″ east
Population
28,700
Elevation
247 metres (810 feet)
Open location code
8H9WVGW3+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 435131221
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
162199
Wiki­data ID
Q844968
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Anau” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Änew”
  • Amharic: “አእነው”
  • Arabic: “أناو”
  • Arabic: “إينيو”
  • Armenian: “Անաու”
  • Armenian: “Աննաու”
  • Asturian: “Anau”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aenew”
  • Bashkir: “Әнеү”
  • Bavarian: “Änew”
  • Belarusian: “Анаў”
  • Bengali: “এনিউ”
  • Bulgarian: “Анау”
  • Catalan: “Anau”
  • Cebuano: “Annau”
  • Chinese: “安納烏”
  • Chinese: “安纳乌”
  • Dutch: “Anau”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اناو”
  • Esperanto: “Annau”
  • Estonian: “Änew”
  • Finnish: “Änew”
  • French: “Aenew”
  • French: “Änew”
  • Georgian: “ანაუ”
  • German: “Aenew”
  • German: “Änew”
  • Hausa: “Aenew”
  • Hindi: “अनऊ”
  • Hindi: “आनेउ”
  • Hindi: “एनेव”
  • Hungarian: “Anau”
  • Indonesian: “Aenew”
  • Indonesian: “Anau”
  • Irish: “Anau”
  • Italian: “Änew”
  • Japanese: “アエニュー”
  • Japanese: “アナウ”
  • Javanese: “Aenew”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Ánew”
  • Kazakh: “Аенью”
  • Kazakh: “Әнеу”
  • Kirghiz: “Аенью”
  • Kirghiz: “Анау (Түркмөнстан)”
  • Kirghiz: “Анау”
  • Korean: “아나우”
  • Lithuanian: “Anau”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Anau”
  • Malay: “Aenew”
  • Mingrelian: “ანაუ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Anau”
  • Norwegian: “Anau”
  • Oromo: “Aenew”
  • Panjabi: “ਏਨਿਊ”
  • Persian: “آب نو”
  • Persian: “آب‌نو”
  • Persian: “انائو”
  • Polish: “Änew”
  • Portuguese: “Aenew”
  • Portuguese: “Anau”
  • Portuguese: “Anev”
  • Pushto: “اینیو”
  • Romanian: “Änew”
  • Russian: “Аннау”
  • Scots: “Anau”
  • Serbian: “Анау”
  • Slovenian: “Anau”
  • Somali: “Aenew”
  • Spanish: “Aenew”
  • Spanish: “Anau”
  • Spanish: “Annau”
  • Swahili: “Aenew”
  • Swedish: “Änev”
  • Tajik: “Аенью”
  • Tajik: “Аннау”
  • Tamil: “அனாவ், துர்க்மெனிஸ்தான்”
  • Tamil: “அனாவ்”
  • Tatar: “Аенью”
  • Tatar: “Әнәү”
  • Thai: “แอเน็ว”
  • Turkish: “Aenew”
  • Turkish: “Anav Kültürü”
  • Turkish: “Anav”
  • Turkmen: “Änew”
  • Ukrainian: “Анау”
  • Ukrainian: “Енев”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Änew”
  • Urdu: “آناؤ”
  • Urdu: “اینیو”
  • Uzbek: “Aenew”
  • Uzbek: “Annau”
  • Western Panjabi: “اناؤ”

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